{"id":615,"date":"2026-05-04T20:17:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=615"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:17:51","slug":"theplaylist-103-monkey-man","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/podcast\/theplaylist-103-monkey-man\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThePlaylist &#8211; 103 &#8211; Monkey Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mendeddrum.org\/tags\/ThePlaylist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#ThePlaylist<\/a> has stalked into your podcast feed, eyeing up your car to see what it can pull off, because the theme this week is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monkey Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two hours of SWINGING tunes, all set and ready to get you shaking your (bright red) arses. Not all of the songs are about monkeys though. Some are about apes, great and otherwise. But we&#8217;ll overlook that.<\/p>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary style=\"text-align: center;\">Click to see the track listing<\/summary>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-618 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/djdarren.site\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0405-620x1024.png\" alt=\"The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: \n\n01. Toots &amp; The Maytals - Monkey Man\n02. Pet Shop Boys - Monkey business\n03. Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch\n04. Gorillaz - 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)\n05. Tones and I - Dance Monkey\n06. Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends\n07. Simian Mobile Disco - Audacity Of Huge\n08. Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight\n09. The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville\n10. Louis Prima, Phil Harris - I Wanna Be Like You\n11. The Goodies - The Funky Gibbon\n12. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Hanuman\n13. Chimpo feat. 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